PITTSBURGH Jose QuintanaHe pitched six scoreless innings and won his first win since 2019. This was also the first victory for a Pittsburgh starter pitcher in this season's season. PiratesBeat the Los Angeles DodgersMonday Night: Friday at 5 o'clock
Los Angeles' six game winning streak of six games was also broken by the Pirates. They ended a 16-game losing streak with the Dodgers dating back to 2018.
Quintana (1-1) allowed four hits and four runs while striking out five. Quintana (1-1) was the pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 5, 2019. Chicago Cubs.
Ineffectiveness and injuries have plagued the veteran left-hander in recent seasons. He has made 20 starts and only 42 appearances between wins.
“Huge,” Quintana said. It's hard to get hurt. I persevered. I knew that this day would come. It's a great feeling to win against such a strong team. It's good. Just keep rolling. All of the starters gain confidence and we can do this.”
In their 28th game, the Pirates won their first victory from a starter. This was a major league record for a season's opening. The previous mark was set by Baltimore OriolesThey started at 0-21 in 1989.
Pittsburgh's starters finished the season at 0-10, with their relievers winning all 11 of them.
Derek Shelton, Pittsburgh manager said that his team is more passionate about the streak than me. “We want wins regardless of who gets credit.”
The last time Pittsburgh beat the Dodgers was June 6, 2018. Los Angeles had also won 25 games between them.
Dave Roberts, Los Angeles manager said “It's baseball.” “They outhit us, they outpitched them tonight, that's the baseball game. Quintana was really great, I thought.
Julio Urias(2-2) He allowed two runs in six innings, while scattering eleven hits. He struck out 4 and walked 1.
Pittsburgh rookie Jack SuwinskiHis first home run of the season, a 2-run blast to center field in eighth inning, was his first ever. Robbie ErlinTo push the lead to 5-0 Michael PerezAlso, connect for the Pirates.
Suwinski smiled and said, “You think about it for quite a while and it's still mind blowing when it happens.”
Edwin Rios, pinch-hitter in the ninth inning, hit the first home run. David BednarThis prevented the first-place NL West-leading Dodgers from being eliminated for the first time in this season.
Ke'Bryan HayesThe Pirates had three hits while Bryan Reynolds, Michael Chavis, Yoshi Tsutsugo, Diego Castillo Ben GamelEach hit was added to the total.
The six top hitters were a total of 13 for 23.
In the fourth inning, the Pirates scored when Chavis hit a triple to centerfield and Tsutsugo scored on a sacrifice fly.
Perez opened the seventh inning with his homer. This ended Urias' night. Chavis added a sac fly in the seventh inning.
The Dodgers had runners on the first, third, and seventh inning but they failed to capitalize. They did leave eight runners on base. Mookie BettsHis streak of hitting was now 10 games.
This report used information from The Associated Press.
